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more intransigent

ADJECTIVE

difficult, stubborn

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bullheaded cantankerous contrary hang tough hard-line headstrong immovable incompliant incurable indocile indomitable insoluble locked in mulish obdurate obstinate pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resolute self-willed set in stone tenacious tough tough-nut unbending uncompromising uncooperative undisciplined ungovernable unmanageable unpliable unruly unyielding wayward wild willful

Antonyms

WEAK

amenable easy facile manageable

ADJECTIVE

uncompromising

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adamant inflexible obstinate resolute stubborn

WEAK

tenacious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

flexible pliant soft submissive willing yielding

Example Sentences

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That stance is more intransigent than the one adopted by Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, the United Arab Emirates, another major oil and gas producer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023

A dozen years ago, he’d wanted to buy it, but the current owner, a farmer, resisted, and the more money Yan offered the more intransigent the farmer became.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018

Others argue that hearts and minds would have proved more intransigent without their pyrotechnics.

From Economist • Apr. 19, 2018

Another problem is that foreign pressure on her to stop the Rohingya crisis seems to have made her even more intransigent.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017

Virginia’s resistance to the ruling would, over time, be more intransigent and longer lasting than that of any other state.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly